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author who made harry potter a household name has now cast her spell on adults. her new novel, the casual vacancy will be on store shelves today. and it's about as far from the wizarding world as you can get. the book has just gone on sale in britain. that's where we find cnn's aaron mclaughlin. good morning. they are calling this potter to potty mouth, the huge anticipation for this book is palpable. a lot of the details have been kept secret. you managed to get your hands on it. how did you do that? >> reporter: good morning, alena. yes, i have. i was not one of the few journalists selected to get an advanced copy or to read the book in advance. i got it just like anyone else here in the uk can at this point coming to their local book store. it's also available on e-reader. so far, this book, we have not seen the frenzy here in the uk that we saw for the launch of the harry potter series. there aren't the long lines. i have yet to see a wizard costume. customers seem to be driven primarily by a curiosity to see what rowling has in store for them next. take a li
author who made harry potter a household name has now cast her spell on adults. her new novel, the casual vacancy will be on store shelves today. and it's about as far from the wizarding world as you can get. the book has just gone on sale in britain. that's where we find cnn's aaron mclaughlin. good morning. they are calling this potter to potty mouth, the huge anticipation for this book is palpable. a lot of the details have been kept secret. you managed to get your hands on it. how did you...
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rowelings first non-harry potter book goes on sale. >> congratulations are in order for an oscar winning actress. bigad shaban explains in this morning's eye on entertainment. >> reporter: academy award winning actress reece weather spoon -- witherspoon welcomes her son into the world. she has two children from her previous marriage to ryan philippine. >>> british actress janet montgomery puts on her best jersey accent for the new drama made in new jersey. the premiere which airs tonight on cbs is about a street smart girl who goes to work for a posh new york law firm. >> celine dion, jennifer hudson and usher will pay tribute to whitney houston in an upcoming television special. a grammy salute to whitney houston will be held at the nokia theater next month. it will air on cbs november 16. bookstores in britain opened early to sell copies of the casual vacancy, the first book for adults from harry potter author j.k. roweling. >> i couldn't wait to have it in my hands. >> reporter: the casual vacancy about class prejudice in a small english town is already a best seller. around two and a
rowelings first non-harry potter book goes on sale. >> congratulations are in order for an oscar winning actress. bigad shaban explains in this morning's eye on entertainment. >> reporter: academy award winning actress reece weather spoon -- witherspoon welcomes her son into the world. she has two children from her previous marriage to ryan philippine. >>> british actress janet montgomery puts on her best jersey accent for the new drama made in new jersey. the premiere...
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certainly easy to read, just like the harry potter books were. it is set in a small town in england it is about sort of political life a.m. ries and back biting and sort of small town life. it is sort of a social satire in a lot of ways. >> you are talked to rowling a few times here. why do you think she decided to go this way? she had such success writing kids books, i say kids books, i read them, i loved them, why go this way? >> for her, probably chal lechblg she had been writing for children. the world's most successful author for years. she had been writing for years. she doesn't have to write another book if she doesn't want to the same thing that applies in the harry potter books, strong, powerful people oppressing weak people, you know, those same things can be transferred right into this book. i mean it is just done at a little bit mature level. >> less magic. >> less magic. a lot less magic. >> what guts it takes to be a person known for one thing, having everybody wanting you to write, harry porter for grownups, fantasy and magic. come
certainly easy to read, just like the harry potter books were. it is set in a small town in england it is about sort of political life a.m. ries and back biting and sort of small town life. it is sort of a social satire in a lot of ways. >> you are talked to rowling a few times here. why do you think she decided to go this way? she had such success writing kids books, i say kids books, i read them, i loved them, why go this way? >> for her, probably chal lechblg she had been writing...
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a lot of adults read the harry potter books. this new one for adults called the casual vacancy. it hits stores thursday. 2 million copies ready to go. the largest print run of the year for the book group. little brown imprint is publishing the book in the u.s. it's already number two on amazon, scott, as far as preorders, but i'm not sure you want to let the kids read this one. i hear there's a lot of racy material in there. >> we'll have to take a look and make sure. thank you. >>> says it will have to sell more stock. 5 million shares. investors hate when companies say that. new shares dilute the value of old shares. also, it raises a very big question this morning. why does tesla need more money? they snuck that announcement in at the time they announced new solar refueling stations. it is called a secondary offering. far bigger news than any refueling station. in a financial filing, they also said they will make fewer of those model s cars. making about half the money it expected because of problems getting the proper parts. we will continue to watch this. >>> we're continui
a lot of adults read the harry potter books. this new one for adults called the casual vacancy. it hits stores thursday. 2 million copies ready to go. the largest print run of the year for the book group. little brown imprint is publishing the book in the u.s. it's already number two on amazon, scott, as far as preorders, but i'm not sure you want to let the kids read this one. i hear there's a lot of racy material in there. >> we'll have to take a look and make sure. thank you....
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"harry potter" author j.k. rowling's first novel for adults is out. find reaction on our art beat page. and ray suarez moderated a discussion in columbia university on the future of aids treatment. you can watch that on the rundown. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. >> brown: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the afghanistan conflict. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are nine more. >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcas
"harry potter" author j.k. rowling's first novel for adults is out. find reaction on our art beat page. and ray suarez moderated a discussion in columbia university on the future of aids treatment. you can watch that on the rundown. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. >> brown: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the afghanistan conflict. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in...
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i'll admit i'm the kind of person who will go to a midnight showing of the harry potter movie. and i don't do it because i don't think i'll otherwise be able to seat movie, i do it because i want to be around other enthusiasts or nerdses you might say. and that's what this is about. people get really excited about an iphone so they want to be around other people who are just as excited. >> now we know you have a weakness for their harry potter. and there won't be a next time. >> what are you going do? you have a new bond movie coming out. go for that one. you know, this is what this guy said. where else can you do something like this. hang out on a pavement all night? >> but not for the launch of the iphone 5. >> what he should have said is when else can you do something like this. and i guess where being in new york, if you're going to do it, you might as well do it at one of the stores. >> camping out on a pavement. where else can you camp out on a pavement all night. >> i knew you cooperakoop would behind that one. >> in the happening. well, it is clearly happening, but not
i'll admit i'm the kind of person who will go to a midnight showing of the harry potter movie. and i don't do it because i don't think i'll otherwise be able to seat movie, i do it because i want to be around other enthusiasts or nerdses you might say. and that's what this is about. people get really excited about an iphone so they want to be around other people who are just as excited. >> now we know you have a weakness for their harry potter. and there won't be a next time. >>...
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at the top of the article, the writer says, quote, it might as well be harry potter's i invisible night bus because no one can prove that it exists, end quote. what's your thought here? >> i have to agree that just because one says something doesn't make it so. look, no one wants voter fraud. no one wants ineligible people voting. the issue is these policies that politicians have been writing, that spapartisan activists have been pursuing. but you hear about these buses of voters, you hear about what they say is the food stamp army out to steal the election, the illegal alien vote, their words, trying to steal the election. but that's not backed up with reality. no one wants voter fraud. but we don't want to make it where eligible americans can't exercise their rights to vote. let's take down these barriers instead of enacting roadblocks and making people jump over hurdles to exercise what is the most basic fundamental freedom. that's what your democracy is about. it's about going to the ballot box and participating and having control over our democratic process. we are working overtime
at the top of the article, the writer says, quote, it might as well be harry potter's i invisible night bus because no one can prove that it exists, end quote. what's your thought here? >> i have to agree that just because one says something doesn't make it so. look, no one wants voter fraud. no one wants ineligible people voting. the issue is these policies that politicians have been writing, that spapartisan activists have been pursuing. but you hear about these buses of voters, you...
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norah pointed wearing your harry potter glasses. >> thank you very much. >> handwritten notes. >> this one doesn't look perfect. >> tomato. >> very chatty, that peter. >> we'll come rescue you in a minute. >> i thought you sent us doughnuts. >> you have been talking about the iphone 5. >> carol burnett is a clipper these days. >> absolutely. >> adam didn't have time to dust. >> how long can you chase this? >> i'm 31, going on 22, though. >> not there. >> lucy, we apologize. >> ipad and amazon. >> it will be a long year, charlie. >> here is charlie, oh, my gosh. >> there you are. >> yay! >> have you and peter greenberg bonded this morning? >> he told all of us we were losers before 9:00 in the morning. ♪ moon river >> certainly the ending of monday night's game was the pivotal point of getting this done. >> this is an eight-year deal, and the commissioner says the regular refs will be on the field tonight for the browns/ravens game. >> somewhere in the first quarter was the first blown call. the most controversial call. they will be booed. >>sissy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. in
norah pointed wearing your harry potter glasses. >> thank you very much. >> handwritten notes. >> this one doesn't look perfect. >> tomato. >> very chatty, that peter. >> we'll come rescue you in a minute. >> i thought you sent us doughnuts. >> you have been talking about the iphone 5. >> carol burnett is a clipper these days. >> absolutely. >> adam didn't have time to dust. >> how long can you chase this? >> i'm 31,...
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>> it won't sell as many books as harry potter because i think lightning doesn't strike twice, but i accepted that a long time ago. >> we have all been told laughter is the best medicine. russell told us that facebook is a bargain at $38 a share. >> yeah. there you go. >> it's been quite a week. i think next week is going to be huge because of the debates. >> yeah, can you believe it? round one of the debates. should be very interesting. my prediction, the honeymoon with the refs will be over after sunday's f@$
>> it won't sell as many books as harry potter because i think lightning doesn't strike twice, but i accepted that a long time ago. >> we have all been told laughter is the best medicine. russell told us that facebook is a bargain at $38 a share. >> yeah. there you go. >> it's been quite a week. i think next week is going to be huge because of the debates. >> yeah, can you believe it? round one of the debates. should be very interesting. my prediction, the...
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norah pointed wearing your harry potter glasses. >> thank you very much. >> handwritten notes. >> this one doesn't look perfect. >> tomato. >> very chatty, that peter. >> we'll come rescue you in a minute. >> i thought you sent us doughnuts. >> you have been talking about the iphone 5. >> carol burnett is a clipper these days. >> absolutely. >> adam didn't have time to dust. >> how long can you chase this? >> i'm 31, going on 22, though. >> not there. >> lucy, we apologize. >> ipad and amazon. >> it will be a long year, charlie. >> here is charlie, oh, my gosh. >> there you are. >> yay! >> have you and peter greenberg bonded this morning? >> he told all of us we were losers before 9:00 in the morning. ♪ moon river >> certainly the ending of monday night's game was the pivotal point of getting this done. >> this is an eight-year deal, and the commissioner says the regular refs will be on the field tonight for the browns/ravens game. >> somewhere in the first quarter was the first blown call. the most controversial call. they will be booed. the most controversial call. they will be boo
norah pointed wearing your harry potter glasses. >> thank you very much. >> handwritten notes. >> this one doesn't look perfect. >> tomato. >> very chatty, that peter. >> we'll come rescue you in a minute. >> i thought you sent us doughnuts. >> you have been talking about the iphone 5. >> carol burnett is a clipper these days. >> absolutely. >> adam didn't have time to dust. >> how long can you chase this? >> i'm 31,...